GM is considering objecting to a proposed alliance with Nissan Motor Co and Renault SA and plans to air its arguments at a meeting of GM's board.

GM may object to Nissan-Renault alliance

General Motors Corp management is considering objecting to a proposed alliance with Nissan Motor Co and Renault SA and plans to air its arguments at a meeting of GM's board, the Wall Street Journal reported, quoting people familiar with the company's plans.

GM Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner will not dismiss the proposed alliance outright at the meeting and is expected to launch a due-diligence review, people close to GM's management were quoted as saying.

"But he will make it clear to the directors that management has major concerns with both the substance of the proposal and the way it was broached," the report added.

Wagoner and his management team intend to treat the alliance proposal, publicly disclosed last Friday by GM's largest individual shareholder, billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, as a hostile move against management, individuals familiar with the company's thinking were quoted as saying.

Nissan and Renault, in statements earlier this week, said they will pursue the alliance only if GM agrees.

Meanwhile, Wagoner is scheduled to meet on July 14 with Carlos Ghosn, who is CEO of both Renault and Nissan. Ghosn, widely praised for orchestrating a turnaround at Nissan, has said he is willing to discuss an alliance between those companies and GM.